Latest Sunday BLOOM
The Magic Ingredient I Add to My Acrylic Paint
As a former oil painter, acrylic paint has two frustrating qualities to me, it’s thin and it’s slippery, making it hard to build texture or draw into. A simple studio…
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A Simple Art Hack to Break Creative Habits and Find New Artistic Direction
The Wait and See Pass is a fast, three-step technique for discovering new artistic directions and breaking out of creative habits. Fill your canvas with random colors at similar values (keeping everything light). Choose the areas you love by observing what emerges. Amplify those areas by adding high-contrast darks in…
Play Restores Presence: Why Your Best Art Happens When You Stop Trying So Hard
The most powerful art often comes from a state of play, not from overthinking or striving for perfection. When you approach your work with the freedom and presence of play, you access your intuition and create the most authentic, personal expression. I learned this dramatically when facing an eight-foot painting…
How to Create Great Art from the Aliveness Found Within
Making vibrant, authentic art doesn’t come from working harder, trying more techniques, or studying other artists. It comes from learning to feel more alive. When I struggled as a young artist in my mid-twenties, working obsessively in isolation brought only misery and mediocre results. Everything changed when I gave up,…
